We agree with you about Jesus; however, the fact that the Bible doesn't
mention His ever eating any animal flesh prior to his resurrection, does
leave a lot of doubt about His ever having eaten any.

The main part of Jesus' teaching was to accept Him as Messiah, and to
live according to God's heavenly will and not according to the corrupt ways
of this world. And, in keeping with the subject of our discussion, He didn't
leave any room for committing any of the cruelty that exists in today's
animal agricultural industries.

Far too many people say they believe, and yet they continue doing the
worldly things they had done before their "salvation", which we also discuss
in our sermon section. We also believe that this has a lot to do with what
you are talking about.

As far as equality with animals are concerned: the Bible teaches us that
all animals and humans were created as living souls (Hebrew: neh-fesh khah
yaw), which makes us equal in this respect, but human being were also
created in the image of God, which separates us from the animals, so that we
can be their caretakers and steward of God's creation.

We also need to remember that in John 3:16 that God so loved the world,
the whole of creation, and not just human beings, and we need to understand
this about our relationship with Him.

As you also mentioned, the way we treat animals is reflected in the way
we interact with our fellow human beings. When we are indifferent to the
suffering of any other living being, we lose a portion of our God-given
empathy, and we harden our heart and soul to some extent, which is totally
opposite to the teachings of Jesus; He wants us to have a soft heart.

You should also look at the rest of our web site, including our sermon
section.

We are not that far apart in our thinking, and we look forward to hearing
from you again.